tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49058368631137597792024-03-05T04:15:01.897-08:00ZIMCastJulian Gudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343128269401585237noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-17813379009447728292016-01-18T01:43:00.000-08:002016-01-18T01:43:03.430-08:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-ZW" style="background: white; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Dear Geert<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZW" style="background: white; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Complements
of the new year from everyone here and again thank you for your efforts towards
our acquiring of the EUMETCast Receiving Station.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZW" style="background: white; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Our station
is very much fully operational and like you rightly pointed out, we are still
exploring and learning a lot about the capabilities of the station. The quality
of the signal is ok it averages around 53 %. We are also receiving the EO
products in good order.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZW" style="background: white; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The
products from the station are already being used to teach certain modules like
applied remote sensing and practical components of modules like natural
resources management, Hydrology, climate change, environmental impact
assessment etc. We are still exploring ways of using the products in other
modules across the University.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZW" style="background: white; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">So far we
have had five undergraduate students doing their dissertations using mainly
products from the EUMETCast station. To date we also have done capacity
building and awareness of the EUMETcast station and its products around the
south eastern parts of Zimbabwe, since it is the only station installed outside
Harare. In capacity building, we managed to orient and train members of staff
from the Sustainable Agriculture Technology (SAT) on the use and station
products. We also want to orient and train some members of staff from other
faculties in the University on how they can use some of the products from the
station to enrich their research activities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZW" style="background: white; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">As a
department we are also in the process of coming up with products and monthly
bulletins that that will be published on the University website. The products
will be relevant to the community, farmers and industry e.g. fire monitoring, fire
risk assessments, drought monitoring, flood hazard monitoring, agriculture and
rangeland monitoring.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZW" style="background: white; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Many thanks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-ZW" style="background: white; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">David <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a> </span>Julian Gudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343128269401585237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-53489641599898378652015-09-01T06:43:00.000-07:002015-09-01T06:43:04.859-07:00GZU operational, activities ongoing for improving signal quality<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The system at GZU is fully operational, it is receiving and
visualizing products.<br />
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There was an issue of signal quality, which was a bit low after
installation (we got 52% at installation and now it fluctuates to
around 30%), but a permanent signal lock is still achieved.<br />
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After tests at BDMS we have discovered that with the new DVB cards
the best signal quality reading we can get with the antennas we
use is around 50%.<br /><br />
At BDMS the signal is also around 30%, but the SADC-THEMA staff have discovered that
it is due to interference from their wimax, and nearby radio
sources. When they switch off their wimax the signal quality improves
a lot. The LNB installed at GZU is called a "One Cable Solution", it has
two oscillators on-board at 700MHz apart. The tests at BDMS
revealed that when you switch to the higher oscillator then our
signal quality improves from 30% to 52%. This proves that there is
interference at the normal oscillator frequency.<br />
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There was a national training in Zimbabwe on 20-24 July and GZU
lecturers participated at that training (as trainers).<br />
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<u>Upcoming Events at GZU</u><br />
BDMS is expecting the v2 of the fire terminal to be released by
CSIR soon, they will present the software at the MESA Forum in
Nairobi this week. A stable tested version should be available within the next two
months, so the MESA SADC-THEMA staff will go and upgrade the system at GZU to the new
version in November (or end of October).<br />
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When they do the upgrade, they will also switch the LNB to the higher
oscillator to boost the signal quality.<br />
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Geert Borstlaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02934315885920265393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-60553812478653656182015-07-20T13:09:00.003-07:002015-07-20T13:09:29.856-07:00Zimbabwe National Training and Workshop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="date-display-start" content="2015-07-20T00:00:00+02:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="dc:date" style="list-style-position: inside; max-width: 750px;">From Monday </span><span class="date-display-start" content="2015-07-20T00:00:00+02:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="dc:date" style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; list-style-position: inside; max-width: 750px;">20 July 2015 </span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">to</span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> Friday </span><span class="date-display-end" content="2015-07-24T00:00:00+02:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="dc:date" style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; list-style-position: inside; max-width: 750px;">24 July 2015, all users in Zimbabwe will be trained in the usage of the MESA SADC THEMA products and services.</span><br />
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All experts from Zimbabwe with an interest in GIS and Remote sensing are welcomed. <span class="date-display-end" content="2015-07-24T00:00:00+02:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="dc:date" style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; list-style-position: inside; max-width: 750px;">Users from the </span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">National Meteorological Services (NMS), the </span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (</span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">SIRDC</span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">) and the </span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">University of Zimbabwe (UZ), the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and the Greater Zimbabwe University (GZU) will participate.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">The training takes place in Harare. </span></div>
Geert Borstlaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02934315885920265393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-69989519876686853232015-07-20T13:03:00.001-07:002015-07-20T13:03:28.513-07:00Pictures of the EUMETCast receiving station installation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14th of July, staff from the MESA-SADC THEMA visited the GZU in Masvingo to install the EUMETCast receiving station.<br />
Hereafter are some pictures of the installation.<br />
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All software was installed on the EUMETCast receiving station in Gaborone. Hence the factory acceptance took place.<br />
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Then the receiving station was driven from Gaborone to Masvingo by MESA-SADC THEMA staff.<br />
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Then the site was inspected. The pole was already erected by GZU staff on a solid concrete base.<br />
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And the antenna dish was erected. It is a 2.4m mesh antenna.<br />
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And a coax cable connects the antenna with the indoor equipment room.<br />
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Positioning the antenna to the Atlantic Bird 3 satellite, and fine-tuning the position to maximise the signal strength.<br />
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Building up the indoor sub-system.<br />
One screen is meant for monitoring the receiving applications. (Telecast et al)<br />
The other screen is used for running GIS applications, so for the actual work.<br />
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When everything is installed and working, it is time to sign the "Acceptance" papers. By signing these papers, GZU acknowledge to have received a EUMETCast receiving station.<br />
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And the day was finished with a demonstration for the dean of the faculty and the GZU lecturers.<br />
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Many thanks to Thembani Moitlhobogi and his colleagues of the MESA SADC THEMA for the good work. </div>
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The EUMETCAst receiving station was succesfully installed and tested on Wednesday 15/7/2015. <br />
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The GZU (Greater Zimbabwe University) has finalised and submitted the "site conformity checklist". As such, GZU is fully prepared for the installation.</div>
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The installation dates are confirmed, and the installation will take place on 13-15 July 2015.</div>
On GZU side, Mr A Chikomba, Mr Shambira and Mr Mawire will be on standby to assist.</div>
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Geert Borstlaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02934315885920265393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-23985918719400001962015-06-22T12:16:00.003-07:002015-06-22T12:16:57.498-07:00Installation planned in July 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The <b>receiving computers</b> were delivered to the SADC THEMA in Gaborone/Botswana on Friday June 19th. The SADC THEMA staff can now complete the last preparations. They need to install, configure and test the software for the new hardware in Gaborone/Botswana and prepare/adapt the documentation.</div>
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The SADC THEMA has also requested to get a tax clearance for the equipment from the AUC in Addis. They need this paperwork in order to cross the border while transporting the equipment from Botswana to Zimbabwe. They have submitted the request for gift certificate, and they expect the documents in the next week or so.</div>
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So, the installation of the receiving station in Masvingo is now provisionally planned on<b> 13 - 15 July 2015</b>. (To be Confirmed) BDMS will communicate the proposed dates to GZU this week, once the dates are confirmed. The SADC THEMA are now making all the necessary preparations in order to meet the above stated dates.</div>
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The software running on the station will be be the AFIS Fire Terminal (as was for AMESD). The new AFIS fire terminal (Linux, web application) is foreseen to be released only at the end of August. For now, BDMS will install the old AFIS terminal on Windows 7. For data management, they will use EFTS Agents from EUMETSAT. Once the new AFIS terminal application is released (by CSIR/South Africa), an SADC-THEMA engineer will go over to Masvingo (Zimbabwe) again to install the upgrade and to train the users. </div>
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Geert Borstlaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02934315885920265393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-64371836848459928892015-06-06T13:13:00.001-07:002015-06-22T12:15:45.493-07:00Good progress this week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In Masvingo/Zimbabwe:</div>
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The pole at the GZU (The Greater Zimbabwe University) is now in place. As a picture tells more than 1000 words, check-out the pictures. By the end of next week, the
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Most components of the station equipment (antenna, UPS, LNB, etc)
have been delivered, the colleagues of the MESA-SADC-THEMA are now just waiting for the computers. The supplier has promised we will have them end of June. Then, all software will be installed on the computers, and the full system tested in Gaborone.</div>
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Geert Borstlaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02934315885920265393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-8535845127139158562015-05-22T00:09:00.000-07:002015-06-01T00:10:25.294-07:00Site Preparations ongoing<div class="MsoPlainText">
The contract for the supply of computers was finally
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This implies that the site preparations have to be started. A site specification and preparation document and a site conformity checklist was provided by MESA-SADC to the GZU.</div>
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The GZU confirmed to continue with the site preparations.</div>
Julian Gudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343128269401585237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-69790461416495376012015-05-08T08:18:00.000-07:002015-05-08T08:23:02.615-07:00MoU signedThe MoU was finally signed by the director of the GZU, this implies that all involved parties fully commit to the project.<br />
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The position of the pole was checked and verified by MESA SADC. Next week they will provide the GZU with technical instructions how to erect the pole.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(We received a picture of the participants to the <span style="background-color: white; color: #585858; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"MESA Regional Training" event at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) in Harare, please check the post from March 20th to see it)</span></span></span>Julian Gudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343128269401585237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-61242415685395268462015-04-30T06:10:00.000-07:002015-04-30T06:10:00.951-07:00EKU arrived at MESA-SADCThe EKU was delivered to MESA-SADC begin of the week. The MoU was signed by the director of MESA-SADC and forwarded now to the final signature at the GZU.<br />
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Due to some minor challenges the tender for the receiving computer suffered another delay of two weeks and the new installation date is now estimated to be end of June.Julian Gudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343128269401585237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-69906340070098367182015-04-27T00:25:00.002-07:002015-04-27T00:25:52.926-07:00EKU Package is on its wayThe Memorandum of Understanding with the first signature was packed together with the EUMETCast Client Software, the EUMETCast Key Unit (EKU) and the HE Space Children Foundation stickers and will delivered via courier.<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Planned Position of the Pole (Facing North)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Planned Position of the Pole (Facing South)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Planned Position of the Pole (Facing West)</span></td></tr>
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Julian Gudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343128269401585237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-8476529616676136922015-04-17T06:04:00.000-07:002015-04-17T06:04:05.553-07:00Memorandum of Understanding now in signature loopThe Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is agreed by all parties and now in the signature loop.<br />
The first signature will be done by the project leader as a representative of HESCF and sent today to MESA in Gaborone. The director of BDMS (in charge of MESA project) will then sign it and send it to the GZU, where the final signatures will be done. Finally all three parties will received a signed copy.<br />
The MoU will sent together with the EKU and the HESCF stickers in one package.<br />
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<br />Julian Gudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343128269401585237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-40220707024066907842015-04-10T08:54:00.003-07:002015-04-15T02:34:25.400-07:00Procurements ongoing, Antenna ready for collectionThe current procurement status is that the first tender for the computers was not been accepted and two other companies are invited to tender, but it is still expected that the computers will be available end of may.<br />
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The antenna is ready for collection in South Africa and a spot was identified for the site, see picture below. In the coming weeks building of the mount will begin.<br />
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The stickers are now in production and are expected at begin of the next week. Then they will be send together with the EKU to Botswana were it will be integrated at MESA-SADC-THEMA and then shipped to the GZU in Zimbabwe.<br />
<br />Julian Gudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343128269401585237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-18752216165958100952015-04-02T07:41:00.000-07:002015-04-02T07:43:47.917-07:00Status and Background Information<span style="font-family: inherit;">This week the the Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) is under review by the GZU.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some HESCF stickers are ordered and will be sent to the GZU together with the EUMETSAT Key Unit as soon as they arrive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some more background to our small project:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">According to our current knowledge, there are five EUMETCast
stations installed in Zimbabwe. Four stations are installed within Departments
of Ministries and Governmental bodies and one within a university. All five are
situated in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There is one station in:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) within the
Ministry of Environment in charge of Fire Monitoring (<a href="http://www.ema.co.zw/">www.ema.co.zw</a>);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Scientific and Industrial Research and Development
Centre (SIRDC) in charge of Drought Monitoring (<a href="http://www.sirdc.ac.zw/">www.sirdc.ac.zw</a>);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) in charge of
Agricultural Monitoring (<a href="http://www.moa.gov.zw/">www.moa.gov.zw</a>);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The MSD (Meteorological Service Department) of
Zimbabwe within the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate in charge of
weather forecasting (<a href="http://www.weather.co.zw/">www.weather.co.zw/</a>);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The University of Zimbabwe (UZ). UZ was selected as
one of the 3 Regional Capacity Building partners in the AMESD and MESA
SADC-THEMA project, in charge of developing training material on the
SADC-THEMA's for drought and floods for the full Southern African Region.
UZ also intensively use the EUMETCast station internally for educational and
research purposes. They have multiple GIS labo's able to accommodate 100+
students in parallel... all fed with data from EUMETCast.</span></li>
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EUMETCast station, which will be installed outside the capital. It will give the students and professors the possibility to base their studies and education on actual and complete data sets. Due to the lack of a reliable and fast internet infrastructure the download of </span>meteorological data is very time consuming and only small data sets of outdated data can currently be obtained.<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> With this station the quality of education and research will be increased.</span></span><br />
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The antenna will be a mesh antenna similar to the antenna installed at the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) as shown in the picture below.<br />
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The antenna will be funded by HESCF, the GZU will be in charge of procuring a pole and a fence around the antenna for protection.<br />
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The procurement of the computer hardware is now under evaluation with a planned delivery mid of May. An EUMETSAT Key Unit (EKU) is already purchased and will be sent soon to the GZU together with some HE Space Children Foundation Stickers to be placed on the equipment.<br />
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The next steps will be the identification of the antenna site and the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between HESCF, MESA-SADC-THEMA and GZU. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">An MoU does not imply a
legal commitment. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties,
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<br />Julian Gudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343128269401585237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905836863113759779.post-34309474190182242462015-03-20T04:01:00.000-07:002015-05-08T08:11:47.349-07:00MESA Regional Training<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Today ends the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;">"MESA Regional Training" event at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) in Harare, from 9-20 March. Three persons of the GZU did participate in the training.</span><br />
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